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Calling it a rarest of rare case for planning and execution, an NIA special court in Cherlapally Central Prison on Monday sentenced to death Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal and four others in the Dilsukhnagar twin blasts case. The NIA court had…

Revamp of labour laws can help in raising participation in the formal sector and increase the share of formal employment from current 11 per cent to nearly 40 per cent besides improving India’s ranking in ease of doing business, says a report…

Islamabad: A Pakistani opposition party on Monday sought an emergency session of parliament after a senior judge slammed the country’s top law enforcement official for holding meetings with leaders of banned militant groups. The move by cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan’s Tehreek-i-Insaaf (Movement for…

New Delhi: Ramneek Jhamb was all set for his New Delhi wedding. He’d cobbled together most of his savings and gifts from relatives, a stack of 300,000 rupees (about $4,400) in cash, and had a list of vendors to pay in the…

Strengthening defence and trade ties would be on the top of the agenda during talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting Kyrgyz President Almazbek Sharshenovich Atambayev in New Delhi on Tuesday. The visit of Atambayev, who is accompanied by a high-level…

The CBI on Monday filed a chargesheet against former Delhi Principal Secretary Rajendra Kumar in the ongoing corruption case against him. Kumar, a close aide of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, was arrested by the investigative agency earlier this year on corruption…

A plea highlighting human- wildlife conflict and seeking rehabilitation of villagers living inside Rajaji National Park in Uttarakhand on Monday led the National Green Tribunal to seek responses from the Centre and the state government. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice…

A Night Vision Device reportedly used by terrorists who were killed by security forces last month along the International Border in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir has been recovered by BSF during a combing operation. The operation by BSF was carried…

Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the demonetisation move, Congress leader Ahmed Patel today said Narendra Modi appears to be having the illusion that within a short span of time he could become as popular as some of his…

The Enforcement Directorate on Monday handed over certain documents to LIC agent Anand Chauhan, an accused chargesheeted in a money laundering case involving Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh. The papers were handed over to the accused on the direction of Special…